A senior Metropolitan Police commander insists the operation around Sunday’s Euro 2020 final was not a failure and that the match could have been abandoned without the immediate intervention officers made. To support the stewarding efforts, further highly trained public order officers were deployed to Wembley Stadium as a precaution. Our Chair @julianknight15 has written to The @FA CEO Mark Bullingham with urgent questions about the security incident at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. Clearly the numbers were still insufficient.”The letter went on to pose a series of questions to Bullingham around security arrangements. UEFA sources have not ruled out the possibility of England being ordered to play matches behind closed doors as a consequence of the disorder at Sunday’s match, depending on the findings of its investigation.

Source: Express July 14, 2021 16:30 UTC